Obama is the BEST president born in the WORST possible time in American history. Too bad because he's a true populist. When his contemporaries were making business connections in University, and trying to make it to the elite 1%, Obama was helping the poor in the inner cities, and dealing with issues which affect them, turning down lucrative opportunities despite his brilliance and talent.

Why on earth did you decide it was the worst possible time in US history? What age are you?

Apart from that, yes, while his contemporaries were trying to make it to the elite 1%, Obama gave all that up for the much lesser prestige career of POTUS. How noble.

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yeah, the irony wasn’t lost on me either. a russian news outlet of all sources condemning america for becoming an orwellian state. it’s a total charade. but this is the illuminati, controlling both sides of the equation conspiring to destroy all.

There is non doubt that this is the worse state America has been in since the Great Depression in my opinion (although the oil shocks of the 70s coupled with Vietnam was not ideal) but to be an American?'

There is non doubt that this is the worse state America has been in since the Great Depression in my opinion (although the oil shocks of the 70s coupled with Vietnam was not ideal) but to be an American?'

I'm not a native English speaker, but couldn't one "affect change" as in "simulate change"?

I don't think so. It doesn't make sense. You could affect a change in accent, or a change in style, but you can't just affect change. You might say ''affect a change'' if the thing changed has been previously identified. Such as, ''he spoke with a common accent, but when he went to university he affected a change.

I think we have exhaused the possibilities here. In any case, Obama has neither affected nor effected changes.

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